Cruft's Division

On November 25, 1863, at 5 p.m., Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft's Division of Granger's Corps, with Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker's 2d Brigade and Col. William Grose's 3d Brigade, followed Osterhaus in Hooker's march from Lookout Mountain and by 4 p.m. had penetrated Rossville Gap until its center was on the prolongation of the enemy's line on the crest of Missionary Ridge. There it formed facing the flank of that line, with Grose's Brigade in advance and Whitaker's in support. Moving forward, it met the enemy's skirmishers advancing down the Ridge and soon after carried the summit. Advancing astride the Ridge, it reached this point about 5 p.m. and, continuing northward, arrived near the position carried by the 14th Corps and bivouacked for the night.

Rossville, Georgia · United States